HC Ambrì-Piotta

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HC Ambrì-Piotta
2012–13 NLA season
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City Quinto, Switzerland
League National League A
Founded 1937
Home arena Valascia
Colors          
Head coach Canada Serge Pelletier
Captain Switzerland Paolo Duca
Website www.hcap.ch

Hockey Club Ambrì-Piotta is a Swiss professional ice hockey club and a member of the National League A. The club was founded September 19, 1937 and is also known as "Bianco-Blu" (English: white and blues). Though they have never won the league championship, the club has not been relegated to the National League B since being promoted in 1985, the same year that saw the arrival of Dale McCourt.

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History [edit]

Ambrì and Piotta are two very small villages in the municipality of Quinto, located in the northern part of the valley Leventina canton Ticino, with a combined population of 500 people. Ambrì-Piotta has more than 40 fan clubs all over Europe. For major events, like the derby against southern rivals HC Lugano, the fans compose a choreography. When Ambrì wins a game, fans rejoice to the valley anthem La Montanara.

Since 1959, they have called their self-owned Valascia as their home. Standing 1,000 meters above sea level, it is an open-ended facility with 2,000 seats and additional standing room space for 5,000.[1]

Honors [edit]

Champions [edit]

Runners-up [edit]

Players [edit]

Current roster [edit]

Updated January 23, 2013.[2][3][4][5]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
20 Switzerland Bianchi, EliasElias Bianchi LW L 24 Lugano, Switzerland
63 Switzerland Bianchi, MattiaMattia Bianchi RW R 29 2006 Lugano, Switzerland
81 Switzerland Bonnet, JulienJulien Bonnet D L 28 2012 Lausanne, Switzerland
89 Switzerland Botta, RomanRoman Botta Injured Reserve RW R 28 2009
5 Switzerland Casserini, GiacomoGiacomo Casserini D L 22 2006
3 Switzerland Croce, LorenzoLorenzo Croce G L 29 2012
46 Switzerland Duca, PaoloPaolo Duca (C) RW R 31 2007 Ascona, Switzerland
43 Switzerland Gobbi, JohnJohn Gobbi D R 31 2012 Faido, Switzerland
12 Switzerland Grassi, DanieleDaniele Grassi RW R 20 2008
22 Switzerland Kobach, RetoReto Kobach D L 33 2009 Luzern, Switzerland
80 Czech Republic Kutlak, ZdenekZdenek Kutlak D L 33 2007 České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
10 Switzerland Lakhmatov, VitalyVitaly Lakhmatov LW L 31 2011 Kiev, Ukraininan SSR
23 Switzerland Miéville, AlainAlain Miéville C L 27 2012 Fribourg, Switzerland
26 Canada Noreau, MaximMaxim Noreau (A) D L 25 2011 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
27 United States Park, RichardRichard Park C/RW R 36 2012 Seoul, South Korea
87 Switzerland Pedretti, MarcoMarco Pedretti LW L 21 2012
18 Switzerland Pestoni, IntiInti Pestoni RW L 21 2006 Ambrì, Switzerland
13 Switzerland Raffainer, RaetoRaeto Raffainer C R 31 2010 Wolhusen, Switzerland
21 Switzerland Reichert, MarcMarc Reichert (A) LW L 33 2012 Bern, Switzerland
1 Canada Schaefer, NolanNolan Schaefer G R 33 2011 Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, Canada
44 Switzerland Schlagenhauf, RomanRoman Schlagenhauf C L 24 2011 Zürich, Switzerland
11 Switzerland Schultess, MarcMarc Schultess D L 27 2010
28 Switzerland Sidler, PatrickPatrick Sidler D L 27 2011 Zürich, Switzerland
84 Switzerland Trunz, AdrianAdrian Trunz D L 29 2011 Winterthur, Switzerland
68 Switzerland Weber, TimTim Weber Injured Reserve C L 23 2012 Murten, Switzerland
33 Republic of Ireland Wick, StanStan Wick C R 29 2010 Zurich, Switzerland
29 Canada Williams, JasonJason Williams C/RW R 32 2012 London, Ontario, Canada

NHL alumni [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Ambri-Piotta resists urbanisation". www.iihf.com. 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 
  2. ^ "Prima squadra" (in Italian). www.hcap.ch. Retrieved 2013-01-23. 
  3. ^ "1. Mannschaft" (in German). www.hcap.ch. Retrieved 2013-01-23. 
  4. ^ "HC Ambrì-Piotta team" (in German). www.nationalleague.ch. Retrieved 2012-11-20. 
  5. ^ "HC Ambrì-Piotta équipe" (in French). www.nationalleague.ch. Retrieved 2012-11-20. 

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